They say if you love something, you should set it free — and it seems one woman has chosen to live by this motto.
It was a lobster’s lucky day when a sympathetic restaurant ordered the crustacean for a whopping £175, only to have the creature freed and released back into the sea.
The anonymous Swiss tourist had ordered the Catalan lobster with linguine while dining with her husband at the chic seafood restaurant Gente di Mare in Golfo Aranci, Sardinia, Italy.
But when the live lobster was brought to the couple’s table, the other guests couldn’t believe their eyes when the tourist dropped it into the water before the chefs had a chance to cook it.
Antonio Fasolino, who owns the restaurant with his brother Gianluca and who also witnessed the bizarre moment, said: ‘At first I thought she was joking.
It was a lobster’s lucky day when an unknown Swiss tourist (pictured) ordered it for a whopping £175, only to release it and return it to the sea
Fellow guests couldn’t believe their eyes when the tourist dropped it in water before the chefs had a chance to cook it
The wife had ordered the Catalan lobster with linguine while dining with her husband at the chic seafood restaurant Gente di Mare in Golfo Aranci, Sardinia, Italy.
‘Then I understood that the lady meant it and wanted to do a good deed. Seeing her joy and excitement, I was touched too.
“She was very happy and excited to be able to fulfill this wish, and we were happy for her.”
Antonio recounts the strange night in detail and remembers taking the lobster out of the aquarium before weighing it in the kitchen.
He then told the couple that it weighed almost two kilos, and also revealed that the price was £175 (200 euros).
The live lobster was then placed in a clear bucket and placed next to the couple’s table.
But instead of drooling over her upcoming meal, the unidentified woman asked if the lobster would “get hurt” if she released it from a certain height.
After being reassured by those present that this would not be the case, she carefully dropped it through a metal railing in the restaurant while her husband and another person filmed.
As soon as it hit the water, the lobster swam away happily ever after to its newfound freedom.
Instead of drooling over her upcoming meal, the unidentified woman asked if the lobster would “get hurt” if she released it from a certain height
She left her seat before carefully dropping it through a metal railing while her husband and another person filmed
As soon as it hit the water, the lobster swam away happily ever after to its newfound freedom
Meanwhile, another lucky lobster was rescued from the pot for the second time after being caught twice by the same fishing boat in two years.
The enormous crustacean, believed to be around 80 years old, was first caught in 2021 off the coast of South Wales.
The unnamed fisherman who caught the lobster was fishing for conger eel on a shipwreck when the four-foot-long lobster took to his squid bait.
However, the fisherman decided that due to the age and size of the sea creature, it was only fair to return the animal to the sea.
The same lobster has now been re-caught in the same area after angler Joshua Hearn pulled the crustacean.
Another lucky lobster was rescued from the pot for the second time after being caught twice by the same fishing boat in two years
He reeled it in and boat skipper Carl Bradley was astounded when he immediately recognized it as the one from two years ago.
Mr Bradley was able to identify it with certainty because it was missing the tip of one of its cutting claws, which had broken off, probably during a fight with another lobster.
Fisherman Hearn had his picture taken with the enormous crustacean, making sure to keep his hands away from the huge, bone-crushing claws.
He then threw the lobster, estimated to weigh about 10 pounds, back into the water safe and sound.
The largest lobster ever caught in British waters was a 9.07kg specimen caught off Fowey in Cornwall in 1931.